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Japan: Bear Sightings Surge Across Country, Fatalities Reported

Japan recorded 55 bear attacks between April and July 2025, leaving three people dead and dozens injured. Authorities say sightings have surged nationwide, including 154 cases in Tokyo by August 21, as a growing Asiatic black bear population increasingly pushes into towns and cities. This vides shows a bear spotted in Taiwa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeast Japan on August 15, 2025.

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Semiconductor factory in Miyagi

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press following an inspection with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of a Tokyo Electron semiconductor factory in Taiwa in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi on Aug. 30, 2025.

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Indian Prime Minister Modi in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) visit a Tokyo Electron semiconductor factory in Taiwa in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi on Aug. 30, 2025.

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Indian Prime Minister Modi in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose for a photo during a visit to a Tokyo Electron semiconductor factory in Taiwa in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi on Aug. 30, 2025.

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Indian Prime Minister Modi in Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C, R) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C, L) pose for a photo during a visit to a Tokyo Electron semiconductor factory in Taiwa in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi on Aug. 30, 2025.

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Indian Prime Minister Modi in Japan

Photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from R) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (far R) during a visit to a Tokyo Electron semiconductor factory in Taiwa in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Miyagi on Aug. 30, 2025.

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Mushrooms glow in dark in northeastern Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Poisonous jack-o'-lantern mushrooms growing on a beech tree glow in the dark in a mountain range straddling Sendai and Taiwa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 17, 2014.

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Mushrooms glow in dark in northeastern Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Poisonous jack-o'-lantern mushrooms growing on a beech tree glow in the dark in a mountain range straddling Sendai and Taiwa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 17, 2014.

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Toyota unit starts operating engine plant in northeast

TAIWA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 14, 2012, shows Toyota Motor East Japan Inc.'s new plant in Taiwa, Miyagi Prefecture, where the company began manufacturing engines for its popular hybrid vehicle Aqua the same day.

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Woman in Miyagi sees dead tadpoles falling from sky

SENDAI, Japan - Haruko Kikkawa, 74, in the town of Taiwa in Miyagi Prefecture, shows on June 17 two of the roughly 50 dead tadpoles she saw falling on from the sky onto the roof and garden of her house around 5 p.m. on June 15.

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Woman in Miyagi sees dead tadpoles falling from sky

SENDAI, Japan - Haruko Kikkawa, 74, in the town of Taiwa in Miyagi Prefecture, shows on June 17 two of the roughly 50 dead tadpoles she saw falling on from the sky onto the roof and garden of her house around 5 p.m. on June 15. (Kyodo)

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Mushrooms glow in dark in northeastern Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Poisonous jack-o'-lantern mushrooms growing on a beech tree glow in the dark in a mountain range straddling Sendai and Taiwa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 17, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Mushrooms glow in dark in northeastern Japan

SENDAI, Japan - Poisonous jack-o'-lantern mushrooms growing on a beech tree glow in the dark in a mountain range straddling Sendai and Taiwa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 17, 2014. (Kyodo)